PA Civil War site finds

[gforce1972]

Found these this week on private land. Any help on the small items on the bottom right?

 

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[cudamark]

We'd need a closeup of both sides to even speculate.

 

[Wldbil]

Nice finds...

 

[gforce1972]

Here are close ups.

 

[texjim]

..According to this link the answer to the unknown pieces are dyer canister sabots..

http://whiteselectronics.com/images/stories/stories/storypic_dyercanister.jpg..

 

[Valley Ranger]

..According to this link the answer to the unknown pieces are dyer canister sabots..

http://whiteselectronics.com/images/stories/stories/storypic_dyercanister.jpg..

At first glance, I would have agreed they look similar to the one in the link provided (found by my diggin' partner, Doug Hill by the way). But aren't these too small for canister shot?

 

[gforce1972]

They are quite small. Smaller than a dime.

 

[nsdq]

interesting,,,, look to be 22 cal?

 

[Irregular]

The sabot is a bit bigger:

It will take someone with more experience than I to identify your objects, but I've seen field-made sinkers come in a myriad of forms.

 

[civilman1]

They look like lead nail head cover's?

 

[CRUSADER]

Here are close ups.

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The right one is an impacted 3 ringer, found loads of them at the local 'old' range.

 

[gforce1972]

But it's alot smaller than than a three ringer caliber.

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Gunrunner61]

Looks like parts of rivets to me ....jmho

 

[gforce1972]

They are very old, appear to be lead and found in a wooded area known to have seen cw activity.

 

[CRUSADER]

But it's alot smaller than than a three ringer caliber.

Then a smaller caliber bullet

 

[Gunrunner61]

Can't be rivit parts then!!!!.........

 

[gforce1972]

I wouldn't think so.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nail covers or more modern bullet related. I've found these before. You have a part of a pack rivet on the upper right marked "Brass."

Cheers,


Buck

 

[TripletDad]

I'm no expert, but didn't cleaner bullets have zinc/lead washers on them? Visisted Chickamauga yetsterday and they had one of the cleaners like that in their museum, but said it was missing its washer.